Faucet valve



Nov. 23,1926. 1,607,935,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

This invention relates to a valve or faucet LOREN D. ACKLEY, 0F LIM ON, COLORADO.

FAUCET VALVE.

Application filed ltiaroh 5, 1926. Serial No. 92,475.

for use with plumbing fixtures of various kinds, and has for its principal object the provision of a simple, efiiclent, and positively operating valve,

means of which both the hot and cold water supplies may be controlled by a single operating handle and in which the water is deliver lot at any desired t Another object is faucet that it will ed through a single outemperature.

to so construct the above also operate the waste pipe regardless of the position of the valve,

thus, in a lavatory of the water to and plished through a s Other objects andadvantages reside in.

or bath tub,'all control from the bowl is accomingle handle.

the detail construction of the invention,

which is designed parent from In the following for simplicity, economy detailed description of the invention reference is had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof. Like numerals refer to like parts in all views of the drawing and throughout the description.

the improved supp the waste Valve.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a valve for use j of the waste-plpe.

independently Figs. 3, 4, 5 and illustrating a secti valve, taken on the Fig. 1 is a vertical cross section through ly valve combined with 6 are detailviews, each on through the supply line 3-.3, Fig. 1. These detail views illustrate the position of the valve at differing p handle. In each of of the operating handle is indicated by the broken line 23'.

ositions of the operating these views, the position Fig. 7 is a detail plan view of the valve.

water chamber 13, partitions 14:. The supplied bymeans supply pipes 1.5 an

' ing 10, is a hot water chamber 12, anda cold separated by means of chambers 12 and 13 are of hot and cold water d 16 -respectively which open to the bottom of the chambers12 and 13. Threaded to the top of the housing 10, a s'shown at 17 is a cap 18 carrying a riser pipe 19, terminating in a spout 20.

A hollow, open-topped, conical'valve 21 rests within the valve seat 11. The valve 21 is rotated by means of a valve shaft 22 term nating at its upper extremity in an operating handle 23. The operating shaft 22 passes through a bridge 24 secured to the upper edges of the valve 21. The shaft at thlspoint is provided with flattened sides 25 which engage a correspondingly shaped opening in the bridge 24, as indicated in Fig.

7, so as to allow the shaft 22to movevertically in the bridge 24, but cause it to rotate therewith. The valve 21 is held against its seatby a spring 26 which is compressed between the bridge and a guide 27 through whlch the valve shaft 22 passes. The valve shaft 22 extends from the bottom of the housing'lO through a packing gland 28 and through the upper extremity of the riser pipe, through a similar packing gland 29.

The riser pipe 19 may be of any desired length so as to allow the spout-2O and the supply valve to be placed at convenient positions on the fixture.

p The lower extremityof the valve shaft 22 passes through a packing nut 30, carried in a waste pipe81, threaded onto a waste hous 1ng32. A waste pipe 33, from the fixture,

opens into the side of the housing 32, and a sewer pipe/3 1 opens from the bottom't-hereof. A plug 35 is carried upon the lower extremityof the valve shaft 22, and'fits against a seat 36 so as to close the discharge to the sewer pipe 34. The plug 35 rides in a groove 37 in the shaft, so that theshaftmay rotate independentof the plug. The

lug '35 is lifted from its seat, when desired: by ;moving theoperating handle23 in a vertical arc, to the broken line position of Fig. 1. This isv accomplished by pivoting the upper extremity of the valve shaft 22 eccentric of the operatinghandl 23, as indicated'at 38. i

This ipivotpoint will move tot-he broken line .38 when the handle is in the broken ne p it-ion, thus resultin in raising th fit al to twice the eccen- -e pivot 1 It is desired to call attention to the fact that the operating handle 23 may swing in its vertical are at any radial position around the shaft 22 so that the waste plug may be opened, regardless of the position of the valve 21.

Formed in the valve seat 11, are oppositely placed ports and 40. These ports are placed at differing elevations to coincide with openings 41 and 42 respectively, formed at differing; elevations in the valve 21. The water flows from the valve 21 through its open top and through the riser pipe 19, discharging from the spout 20. In Fig. 3, the valve is illustrated in the closed position. The openings 41 and 42 are on opposite sides of the valve seat from their respective ports 39 and 40. Let us assume that the operating handle is turned to the position of Fig. The opening 42 will now partially uncover the port 40, allowing cold water to flowto the valve interior. If the operating handle be turned in the opposite direction, to the position of Fig. 5, the upper opening 41 will partially uncover the hot water port 89, allowing hot water to flow from the hot water compartment, 12, to the interior of the valve.

Should the operating handle be moved further toward the rear from either of the views 4 or 5, it will increase the flow of either the hot or cold water. Continued movement in this direction, past the maximum flow point, will begin to uncover both the hot and cold water ports 39 and 40, until at the position of Fig. 6, both of these ports will. be at their maximum opening. This arrangement allows either kind of water or any desired mixture of both to be obtained from the valve.

In Fig. 2, I have illustrated an embodiment of the valve with the drain plug arrangement. The supply valve in this form is similar to that previouly described, but the valve shaft does not extend through the bottom of the housing 10. In this from, however, a spent 44 is formed directly upon a cap 45 which covers the valve housing 46. The operating handle in this form, designated by the numera. 47, does not need a vertical are movement and is secured in any desired manner. as by screw 48, to the valve shaft.

lVhile a specific form of the improvement has been described and illustrated herein, it is desired to be understood that the same may be varied, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing vfrom'the spirit of the invention;

Having thus described the invention, what I c m and desire secured by Letters Patent is l. A faucet comprising, a housing; a cylindrical valve seat in said housing; hot

and cold water chambers adjacent said valve 2. A faucet and drain device comprising a cylindrical housing; a conical valve seat concentrically arranged within said housing; partitions between said housing and said valve seat dividing the former into hot and cold water compartments; ports communieating between said compartments and the interior of said valve seat, the ports of opposite compartments being at different elevations; and a hollow-open-topped valve arranged to be rotated in said [Valve seat, said valve having openings at different ole va-tions so as to register with one or more of said ports.

3. A faucet and drain device comprising a cylindrical housing; a conical valve seat concentrically arranged within said housing; partitions between said housing and said valve seat dividing the former into hot and cold water compartments; ports communieating between said compartments and the interior of said valve seat the ports of opposite compartments being at different elevations; a hollow-open-topped valve arranged to be rotated in said valve seat, said valve having openings at differing elevations so as to register with one or more of said ports; a shaft axially arranged in said valve and extending above and below said housing; a bridge over said valve arranged to cause said valve to rotate with said shaft and allow the former to move longitudinally on the latter; and a spring surrounding said shaft and compressed between said bridge and said housing so as to force said valve along said shaft against its seat.

4. A faucet and drain device comprising a cylindrical housing; a conical valve seat concentrically arranged within said housing; partitions between said housing and said valve seat dividing the former into hot and" cold water compartments; ports communicating between said compartments and the interior of said valve seat, the ports of opposite compartments being at difi'erent eletions; a hollow open-topped valve arranged to be rotated in said valve seat, said valve 19 said housing so as to force said valve along said shaft against its seat; a plug carried at the lower extremity of said shaft and adapted to out OK a waste passage; and a second spring arranged between said housing and a projection on said shaft so as to 1 force said shaft and plug downwardly through said valve.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

LOREN D. ACKLEY. 

